longa

[long-guh, lawng-]

noun

Music.

1. the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of longa¹

1640–50; < Latin, feminine of longus long ¹

Example Sentences

"We are talking about the entire area, if not the whole island completely destroyed and washed away. What is really scary is the number of people that are still missing," Tommaso Della Longa, a spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross, told the BBC.

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Tommaso Della Longa, spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told Reuters that its local partner had a convoy of ambulances heading north to evacuate patients from Ahli Baptist Hospital.

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“Our colleagues are literally trying to save people from the rubble with their hands,” Della Longa told the Associated Press.

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Tommaso Della Longa, spokesman for the Geneva-based humanitarian agency, says the situation in Gaza remains “desperate.”

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Della Longa applauded efforts to bring a humanitarian pause or more aid into Gaza, but “we know that is complicated” — and time is of the essence.

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